Fast-acting chemical tools to delineate causality in transcriptional control

MG Jaeger, GE Winter - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Multi-dimensional omics profiling continues to illuminate the complexity of cellular
processes. Because of difficult mechanistic interpretation of phenotypes induced by slow …

From telomere to telomere: The transcriptional and epigenetic state of human repeat elements

SJ Hoyt, JM Storer, GA Hartley, PGS Grady… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Mobile elements and repetitive genomic regions are sources of lineage-specific genomic
innovation and uniquely fingerprint individual genomes. Comprehensive analyses of such …

UTX condensation underlies its tumour-suppressive activity

B Shi, W Li, Y Song, Z Wang, R Ju, A Ulman, J Hu… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
UTX (also known as KDM6A) encodes a histone H3K27 demethylase and is an important
tumour suppressor that is frequently mutated in human cancers. However, as the …

R-loop-dependent promoter-proximal termination ensures genome stability

C Xu, C Li, J Chen, Y Xiong, Z Qiao, P Fan, C Li, S Ma… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The proper regulation of transcription is essential for maintaining genome integrity and
executing other downstream cellular functions,. Here we identify a stable association …

FLEP-seq: simultaneous detection of RNA polymerase II position, splicing status, polyadenylation site and poly (A) tail length at genome-wide scale by single …

Y Long, J Jia, W Mo, X Jin, J Zhai - Nature Protocols, 2021 - nature.com
Elongation, splicing and polyadenylation are fundamental steps of transcription, and
studying their coordination requires simultaneous monitoring of these dynamic processes on …

Ligand-induced native G-quadruplex stabilization impairs transcription initiation

C Li, H Wang, Z Yin, P Fang, R Xiao, Y Xiang… - Genome …, 2021 - genome.cshlp.org
G-quadruplexes (G4s) are noncanonical DNA secondary structures formed through the self-
association of guanines, and G4s are distributed widely across the genome. G4 participates …

Recurrent evolution of vertebrate transcription factors by transposase capture

RL Cosby, J Judd, R Zhang, A Zhong, N Garry… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION How novel protein architectures evolve remains poorly understood. The
rearrangement of domains with preexisting functions into new composite architectures …

SPT6 functions in transcriptional pause/release via PAF1C recruitment

Y Aoi, AP Shah, S Ganesan, SHA Soliman, BK Cho… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
It is unclear how various factors functioning in the transcriptional elongation by RNA
polymerase II (RNA Pol II) cooperatively regulate pause/release and productive elongation …

SPT5 stabilizes RNA polymerase II, orchestrates transcription cycles, and maintains the enhancer landscape

S Hu, L Peng, C Xu, Z Wang, A Song, FX Chen - Molecular Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Transcription progression is governed by multitasking regulators including SPT5, an
evolutionarily conserved factor implicated in virtually all transcriptional steps from enhancer …

SPT5 stabilization of promoter-proximal RNA polymerase II

Y Aoi, YH Takahashi, AP Shah, M Iwanaszko… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Based on in vitro studies, it has been demonstrated that the DSIF complex, composed of
SPT4 and SPT5, regulates the elongation stage of transcription catalyzed by RNA …